Battery-case.



PATENTED DEC. 1B, 1904. R. H. & P. H. WAPPLER.

BATTERY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED un. zo, m04.

LWIIN Hilka. l

Np MODEL.

NITE STATES Patented iDecember 13, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

RElNI-'IOLD H. WAPPLER AND FREDERICK ll.. WAPPLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAT'l'ERY-CSEi SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,457,dated December 13, 1904.

Application liled April 20, 1904. Serial No. 204,046. (No model.)

the use of physicians, surgeons, and others, and

comprises a case constructed to receive and when closed to hold in placethe plurality of cells of the battery.

In carrying out our invention we employ a base and a cover therefor,which members are practically counterparts of one another, both beinglprovided with series of parallel and corresponding grooves or recessesadapted to receive the battery-cells and when closed down one upon theother to retain the same. rlhe base and the cover are to be connected inany desired manner7 preferably by hinges and a catch. W'e employ partsin 'connection with the case secured to the base and forming therewith aunitary structure and between which the cover member is received, andthe parts of the base and cover to which the securing devices areattached are intermediate of said parts. We also employ suitableterminals secured to the case and means for maintaining thebattery-cells in position within the case and for insuring' the properelectrical connections between the same.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan of our improved battery-case. Fig. 2is a similar view with the cover member opened. Fig. 3 is a sectionalView on line .fr ze, Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a plan and partial sectionthrough the cover of a modiiied form of our invention, the part of thecover above the section being entirely removed.

a represents the base, made of wood or other suitable material andpreferably rectangular. Z) represents the cover, made of the sainematerial as the base and corresponding to the same in outline. Thesemembers are preferably connected together at one edge by means of hinges2 or otherwise. The base c is provided with approximately parallelsubstantially sernicircular recesses 3 fl and the cover with alining andcorresponding recesses 5 6, which recesses when the cover issuperimposed upon thc base a are adapted to receive the cells c of a dryor other battery, and the base and cover may be fastened in positionrelative to one another by means of a catch ln the preferred forni ofour invention (shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3) we provide parts (l c,secured tothe base a at the opposite ends thereof and which partsconform in cross-sec tion with that of the combined base and cover, sothat the cover in closing the case lits down between the projectingportions of the parts Z and c, in the former of which we secure suitablebinding-postsftc receive the ends of circuit-wires. As will be seen byreference to Fig. Q, the cells c are placed in the longitudinal grooves3 fl in the base in such a manner that one binding-post is electricallyconnected to the zinc Tof one cell and the other bin"ding-post to thecarbon member 8 of another cell, and a spring g or other suitable meansis employed at the opposite end of the case to force thc cells togetherto maintain them in position and provide the necessary electricalconnection from the cells in one groove to those in the adjacent groove.The cells are necessarily laid endwise the zinc and adjacent carbon incontact. le also prefer to provide the cover of the casing with aplurality of holes 9, passing through the same at an inclination, eachone of which is so placed as to come directly above the zinc of a givencell in the battery in order that acircuit-wire bysf *rw being passedthrough one of the holes may contact with the zinc member of the cellcorresponding with the hole through which the wire is passed, as it mayoftentimes be necessary as well as desirable to employ a smaller currentthan that furnished by the entire battery. 0n the outer surface of thecover the holes 9 are numbered consecutively and in order according tothe arrangement and nuinber of the cells, so that in use, if desired, arecord may be lieptof the cells as used--as, for instance, the terminalsof the circuit-wires may be placed in the holes Q and 5 and the currentused fromv the cells of these and the intermediate numbers. i

As shown in Fig. 4, we may provide the base and cover with series ofparallel and corresponding transverse grooves or recesses 10, each oneof which is adapted to receive asingle cell of the battery. In thisstructure the parts d c, corresponding, respectively, with the parts (Ze of the preferred structure, are secured to the base at the sidesinstead of at the endsthereof, which necessitates the cover being'hinged and latched at the ends instead of at the sides. In the modifiedstructure we employ springs g' or other suitable means at opposite endsof the cells for maintaining the cells of the battery in position and atthe same time providing the necessary electrical connections forcoupling up the cells.

We claim as our invention l. A battery-case, comprising a base and acover therefor both having series of alining and corresponding groovesfor receiving the battery-cells, means for connecting the cover to thebase, parts secured to the base and between which the cover at oppositeedges is received, and which means are intermediate,v

of the aforesaid parts, terminals secured to the case, and means forcompleting the electric circuit between the cells and to the terminals.

2. A battery-case, comprising a base and a cover therefor, both havingseries of grooves in corresponding positions, ends secured to said baseand corresponding in outline with that of the base and cover whensuperimposed, and electric terminals secured in one of said ends.

3. A battery-case, comprising a base and a cover therefor, both havingseries of grooves in corresponding positions, means for connecting thebase and cover together at one side, means for locking said partstogether when superimposed at the other side, ends secured to said baseand corresponding in outline to that of the base and cover whensuperimposed, and electrical terminals secured in one of said ends.

4:. A battery-case, comprising a base and a cover therefor, both havingseries of grooves in corresponding positions adapted to receive thecells of a battery, ends secured to said base and corresponding inoutline to that of the base and cover when superimposed, means forelectrically connecting the cells in the different grooves in the caseand for maintaining the cells in position therein, and electricterminals secured in one of said ends.

5. A battery-case, comprising a base and a cover therefor, both havingtwo longitudinal grooves in corresponding positions adapted to receivethe cells of the battery, hinges connecting the said base and cover, alatch at the side opposite the hinges, ends secured to the said base andcorresponding in outline with that of the base and cover whensuperimposed, a spring for electrically connecting the cells in the twogrooves and for maintaining the same in position therein, and electricalterminals securedin one of said ends.

6. A battery-case, comprising a base and a cover therefor both havingseries of alining and corresponding grooves for receiving thebattery-cells, means for connecting the cover to the base, parts securedto the base and between which the cover at opposite edges is received,and which means are intermediate of the aforesaid parts, terminalssecured to the case, the cover being provided with holes therethroughnumbered consecutively and in order according to the arrangement andnumber of the cells and placed at an inclination over the cells,substantially as specified.

Signed by us this 6th day of April, 1904.

REIN HOLD H. WAPPLER. FREDERICK H. WAPPLER.

llitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, BERTHA M. ALLEN.

